💔 6-YEAR-OLD MAE’S CANCER IS NOW TERMINAL, BUT HER FAMILY IS STILL FIGHTING FOR MORE TIME

‼️ Just days after hundreds of people sent birthday cards and gifts to make Mae’s 6th birthday special, her mother received the news she had been terrified to hear.
💔 Mae’s cancer has spread extensively through her brain, and doctors have now told Madison that the disease is terminal.
🙏 But even in the middle of unimaginable heartbreak, her family is searching for one thing: more time.

Six hours after receiving the devastating news, Mae’s mother, Madison, reached out completely shattered.

“I have no idea what to do,” she said. “I’m completely stuck in the void.”

For months, people around the country have followed Mae’s journey and tried to bring moments of happiness into a childhood dominated by hospital stays and cancer treatment.

Hundreds of cards and gifts arrived for her 6th birthday from people who wanted the little girl to feel remembered and loved.

Her community even organized a birthday parade because Mae was too medically fragile to have a traditional celebration surrounded by other children.

But two days ago, the celebration Mae had been looking forward to never happened.

Instead, she was back in the hospital, vomiting blood, shaking, confused, and too sick to see the people who had gathered for her.

Then came another frightening development.

Madison shared a video showing Mae pointing toward people who were not actually in her hospital room.

Mae said she could see God.

She believed a door was flying.

She saw snow on the ground and wondered why they were outside when she was still inside the hospital.

Doctors initially considered several possible explanations, including medication, infection, or progression of her illness.

Now, Madison says doctors believe they understand what is happening.

Mae’s cancer has spread extensively through her brain, and her family has been told this is likely responsible for the hallucinations.

Then came the words no parent is ever prepared to hear.

Mae’s cancer is terminal. 💔

Madison has watched her daughter endure more than 100 overnight hospital stays, cancer treatments, repeated infections, C. diff quarantine, and the loss of experiences that should have been ordinary parts of childhood—including kindergarten and a normal birthday celebration.

Yet even now, Mae’s doctors are not simply stopping treatment.

According to Madison, they have chosen a new chemotherapy regimen and are searching for clinical trials that could potentially slow the cancer and give Mae additional time.

And that word has taken on a completely different meaning.

Time.

Time for another smile.

Another birthday.

Another hug.

Another ordinary morning together.

Madison says she feels angry, terrified, and completely lost. She is trying to process a future she never allowed herself to imagine while continuing to sit beside the child she would do anything to protect.

But she also wants other families facing devastating news to know something important.

It is okay to be angry.

It is okay to scream.

It is okay to question God.

It is okay not to understand why something so painful is happening.

“You get stuck in a void,” Madison said.

Still, through all of that pain, she says she is holding onto her faith.

“Just because He doesn’t answer you doesn’t mean He doesn’t see you or hear you.”

So today, her family is asking for prayers.

🙏 Pray that the new chemotherapy slows Mae’s cancer.

🙏 Pray doctors discover a clinical trial that can give her more good time.

🙏 Pray the frightening hallucinations become less distressing and that Mae remains comfortable.

🙏 And pray for Madison as she tries to carry the unbearable words “it is terminal” while still being the mother her little girl needs.

❤️ Keep praying for Mae. Keep believing with her family. And pray that, somehow, they are given more precious moments together. 🕊️🙏